My friend used to think that the line in Alanis Morrisette's "ironic" said "it's like a death-row hard-on, two minutes too late". When told her it was actually "death-row pardon" the line made a lot more sense, but now I can't think of that line any other way
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a "punch line" meant a line of people waiting to dip punch from a punch bowl.— Sheila
- i used to belive that you drive your car on the line in the street.— abcdef
- I used to believe that child line sold childrens toys— Gayle
- I used to believe that the last line of Row Row Row Your Boat was 'Life is butter dream'.— Mindless Misfit
- When I was in kindergarten, I thought the last line of "America" was "Great God our kid." — CC
- I used to think that the song"Stayin Alive" said "Staying In Line" like at school when I was little. — MacKenzie